Cath Lab

The catheterization lab channel includes content related to interventional technologies for coronary and peripheral artery disease (PAD). Other cath lab transcatheter device technologies covered on this page included percutaneous treatment for stroke, venous interventions, heart valves, hypertension, heart failure and percutenous coronary interventions (PCI).

An illustration showing how the Amphirion_drug-eluting, drug-coated balloon technology works.
Feature | Drug-Eluting Balloons | Dave Fornell


Drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) may offer new options in treating peripheral vessels and restenosis. DEBs already ...

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Feature | By Stephanie Labelle, senior analyst, Millennium Research Group

In recent years, many medical device companies saw the underserved lower extremity as an opportunity to enter the ...

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April 28, 2010 – Deviating from its focus on intravascular imaging systems and fractional flow reserve (FFR) ...

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April 28. 2010 – A trial examining the use of an orbital atherectomy device on calcified coronary lesions was ...

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The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions’ (SCAI) upcoming 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions ...

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April 26, 2010 – A vascular closure device using a single suture fitted with stainless steel rings was recently ...

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April 19, 2010 — The latest research in a series of studies at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ...

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April 21, 2010 — A landmark clinical trial has begun in Europe to explore the safety and efficacy of a ...

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April 22, 2010 – Broadening its product scope into the peripheral artery disease market, Medtronic today received ...

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April 22, 2010 – Instead of using a conventional spring coil design, a new guidewire uses a micro-cut nitinol ...

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April 21, 2010 – A stent that captures endothelial progenitor cells is now combined with thin cobalt chromium ...

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April 21, 2010 – More than 100,000 amputations are performed each year in the United States on patients with ...

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April 21, 2010 – Nearly 50 percent of survey respondents said they would adopt optical coherence tomography (OCT) ...

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April 19, 2010 – The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 scientific sessions set for September ...

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April 13, 2010 – A catheter designed to deliver embolic materials and radiopaque media to selected sites in ...

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